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Finding Aid to the Floyd-Jones Family Correspondence, 1848-1878
BANC MSS C-B 625
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Collection Title: Floyd-Jones family correspondence
Date (inclusive): 1848-1878
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 625
Creators :
Floyd-Jones Family
Extent:
Number of containers: 2 boxes
Linear feet: .4
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: The Floyd-Jones Family Papers, 1848-1878, consists of correspondence between the various members of the Floyd-Jones family
written in the late 19th century. Fourteen individuals have letters in the collection, including all of the members of the
immediate Floyd-Jones family. Three brothers wrote the majority of the letters: DeLancey, Charles and Edward. DeLancey Floyd-Jones,
in the U.S. Army, wrote 27 letters to his family including letters from the Oregon and Washington territories in 1852 and
1853 and during the Civil War in 1861 and 1862. Charles Floyd-Jones wrote 16 letters from 1850-1861, mostly to his father,
relating to the organization of railroads in Illinois and land speculation arising from the construction of these railroads.
His 1861 letter refers to General John Charles Frémont and the Civil War. Edward Floyd-Jones wrote 27 letters from 1849 to
1874 dealing with his journey to and subsequent life in California. He describes his trip around Cape Horn aboard the ship
Sarah and Eliza in 1849 including a hand drawn chart of the voyage, life in San Francisco and San Jose in 1850, and briefly
refers to the New Almaden quicksilver mine and the Fraser River gold rush of 1858.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
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Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Floyd-Jones Family Correspondence, BANC MSS C-B 625, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Floyd-Jones, DeLancey, 1826-1902--Correspondence
Floyd-Jones, Charles--Correspondence
Floyd-Jones, Edward--Correspondence
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Sarah and Eliza (ship)
Voyages to the Pacific coast
California--Gold discoveries
California--Description and travel
Oregon--Description and travel
Washington (State)--Description and travel
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Railroads--Illinois--Planning
Voyages to the Pacific coast--Maps, Manuscript
Manuscript maps
Floyd-Jones, DeLancey, 1826-1902
Floyd-Jones, Charles
Floyd-Jones, Edward
Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne). Thomas W. Norris collection
The Floyd-Jones Family Papers was assembled from the T. W. Norris Collection.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff.
The Floyd-Jones family was a prominent family from Long Island, New York originally descended from the English privateer Thomas
Jones. The family branch of this collection consisted of father Henry Floyd-Jones (1792-1862), mother Helen Watts (DeLancey)
Floyd-Jones (d. 1872) and their children, Charles, Edward, DeLancey (1826-1902), Sarah (1820?-1900), Kate and Helen (Nell).
Four of the six children married, and three of these spouses have letters within the collection. Charles married Isabelle
Mizner, Edward married Mary Lord, DeLancey married a woman named Jennie, and Kate married John D. Jones. The father, Henry
Floyd-Jones, was a general in the U.S. Army and New York state legislator. DeLancey Floyd-Jones was also an Army officer,
serving during the Mexican American War and the Civil War, including the Battle of Gettysburg.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Floyd-Jones Family Papers, 1848-1878, consists of correspondence between the various members of the Floyd-Jones family
written in the late 19th century. Fourteen individuals have letters in the collection, including all of the members of the
immediate Floyd-Jones family. Three brothers wrote the majority of the letters: DeLancey, Charles and Edward. DeLancey Floyd-Jones,
in the U.S. Army, wrote 27 letters to his family including letters from the Oregon and Washington territories in 1852 and
1853 and during the Civil War in 1861 and 1862. Charles Floyd-Jones wrote 16 letters from 1850-1861, mostly to his father,
relating to the organization of railroads in Illinois and land speculation arising from the construction of these railroads.
His 1861 letter refers to General John Charles Frémont and the Civil War. Edward Floyd-Jones wrote 27 letters from 1849 to
1874 dealing with his journey to and subsequent life in California. He describes his trip around Cape Horn aboard the ship
Sarah and Eliza in 1849 including a hand drawn chart of the voyage, life in San Francisco and San Jose in 1850, and briefly
refers to the New Almaden quicksilver mine and the Fraser River gold rush of 1858.
The letters are all individually foldered and arranged in chronological order, except for the last six letters which are undated.